By: Joshua Rothman, Doreen St. Félix, Graciela Mochkofsky, Ian Buruma, Sheila Heti, Ruth Margalit, Keith Gessen, Richard Brody, Caitlin Reid, Elizabeth Kolbert, Emily Witt, Peter Hessler, Louise Glück
The best thing about liking a boy was that it filled in all your time. You could lie on your bed and listen to music for an entire afternoon, daydreaming about him.